A thriller is a genre of literature, film, and television that uses suspense, tension, and excitement to keep audiences alert through a problem like an escape that emphasizes danger to characters, building tension to a highly stressful climax. Main thriller subgenres include psychological, crime, mystery, and political thrillers, with horror and action sometimes overlapping, while films target audiences around age 18 due to violence or psychological elements. Major studios producing thriller films include University Pictures, Summit Entertainment, and Dimension Films.

1. What Is A Thriller?

2. A thriller is a broad genre of literature, film
and television programming that uses
suspense, tension and excitement as the
main elements.
Films
Television
Programmes
Literature

3. What is the aim of a Thriller?
- The aim of a thriller is to keep the audience alert
and on the edge of their seats.
- There is usually a problem e.g. an escape,
which emphasises the danger the characters are
in.
- There is a lot of tension built up which usually
leads to a highly stressful climax.

4. Subgenres of Thrillers
- There are many subgenres of Thrillers the main
ones are; Psychological, crime and mystery.
- There are also political and paranoid thrillers.
- Horror and action genres often overlap with
thrillers.

5. Audience and Institutions
- The target audience for a thriller is about
18 because they are usually violent or
psychologically disturbing for younger
children.
- Institutions that produce thriller films are:
University Pictures, Summit Entertainment
& Dimension Films.